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Shawn Micallef: Doug Ford’s plan to sell off chunks of this popular beach threatens something we should hold dear If Doug Ford wanted to create a real legacy, he’d start an aggressive expansion of public parkland in Ontario to keep up with its massive population.

This weekend I wrote about Doug Ford’s plan to sell off a large chunk of Wasaga Beach Provincial Park. Exactly the opposite of what should be happening: parkland expansion.

Sign the letter and go to the rally next Thurs!

Peterborough ‘pauses’ cuts to library staff following immense public backlash: ‘We are glad that the city came to their senses’ The temporary reversal comes following immense pressure from community members, including an open letter signed Canadian authors and entertainers, such as Margaret Atwood and Neil Young.

Peterborough ‘pauses’ cuts to library staff following immense public backlash www.thestar.com/entertainmen...

The temporary reversal comes following immense pressure from community members, including an open letter signed Canadian authors and entertainers, such as Margaret Atwood and Neil Young.

Protest, Power, and the Violence Debate "We are told we are experiencing peace, so long as everyone is cooperating."

@prisonculture.bsky.social and I have been encouraging people to read chapter six of our book, Let This Radicalize You, which deals with the question of "violence" in social movements. We have decided to share the chapter publicly, to offer some context and grounding for the current conversation.

“If your tactics disrupt the order of things under capitalism, you may well be accused of violence, because ‘violence’ is an elastic term often deployed to vilify people who threaten the status quo. Conditions that the state characterizes as ‘peaceful’ are, in reality, quite violent.”

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You may not have heard about the concept of remigration and Trump’s affinity for it and there’s a reason why:

Carney’s border bill is a gift to Trump—and a roadmap to ‘mass deportation’ ⋆ The Breach Mark Carney promised to stand up to Trump. His new bill continues the two countries’ long-standing pact on restrictive immigration policies

Don’t believe the hype about a breakup between Canada and the U.S. The two countries are moving closer together on an issue they agree on: keeping out refugees.

@desmondcole.bsky.social writes about Mark Carney’s dangerous new border bill. breachmedia.ca/carneys-bord...

If you work with young people, or will be doing so this summer, join us on June 18th online for a deep dive into abolitionist resources that can take your summer youth programming to the next level! We’ll be walking you through our new compilation resource to use for political education with youth ⬇️

Bill C-2 has enormous implications for the privacy of Canadians. Buried toward the end is a law enforcement wish list that includes warrantless disclosure of information about Internet subscribers and unprecedented access to Internet provider networks.
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Why the Government’s Plan for Warrantless Access to Internet Subscriber Information Will Lead to Millions of Disclosure Demands Each Year - Michael Geist The government’s plan for warrantless disclosure of Internet subscribers information is rightly attracting increasing attention as sneaking lawful access provisions into a border bill raises significa...

Why the Government’s Plan for Warrantless Access to Internet Subscriber Information Will Lead to Millions of Disclosure Demands Each Year
www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/06/why-...

I will be joining the March to Gaza with the Canadian delegation.

This is a peaceful global march led by citizens of the world to support the people of Gaza and demand an end to this inhumane blockade, and ensure an opening of a permanent humanitarian corridor.

AI Shows Racial Bias When Grading Essays — and Can’t Tell Good Writing From Bad Smith: Study finds ChatGPT replicates human prejudices and fails to recognize exceptional work — reinforcing the inequalities it's intended to fix.

Oh yeah, but please tell me more about how this tech should infuse every aspect of education.

Shame!

Offloading process tasks to AI won't solve the problem and pressure of the neoliberal academy reducing of our work to productivity and impact metrics. It does not "free up time" for the "real" work. It is a continuation of the undervaluing of our work, our time, our relationships, our humanity.

We’re currently sending people to a lifetime of unpaid labor for being born over an imaginary line and having tattoos.

People Are Twice as Likely to Die During Pregnancy in States With Abortion Bans A report finds the risk is greatest for Black women, who disproportionately live in states that have banned abortion.

Pregnant people living in states with abortion bans are almost twice as likely to die during pregnancy or soon after giving birth, a report released Wednesday found. The risk is greatest for Black women in states with bans, who are 3.3 times more likely to die than white women in those same states.

Defend the Internet Archive. Protect the Wayback Machine. Tell the music labels: Drop the 78s lawsuit. Sign our open letter on change.org

📢 The Internet Archive needs your help.

At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine.

Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit.

👉 Sign our open letter: www.change.org/p/defend-the...

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Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library? An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.

For the right, it was never about antisemitism, but white power. It’s crucial to recognize this. NYT: “Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy can check out copies of ‘Mein Kampf’ by Adolf Hitler but not ‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou’” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/u...

This one goes out to all the TERF lesbians & queers who think throwing trans people under the bus will save them.

They are coming for all of us. Get in.

I hear a lot of Western analyst downplay the economic interests in the current war in Sudan, arguing that $ is not driving it and that the UAE for example could easily do without Sudan. This is partly bcs ppl are so focused on gold as the key commodity driving the war. (1/3)

In Canadian election, top Conservative candidate vows to end ’woke ideology’ in science funding Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party is trying to topple Liberal government in 28 April election

In case you were still wondering if Pierre Poilievre is MAGA/Trump, read this.

This is an EXTREMELY Trump thing to do.

And he’s getting global attention for saying he’s going to do it.

This is worse than the science-muzzling Harper did.

And Poilievre will go a LOT farther than this.

#VOTE

Florida Universities Sign Agreements With ICE - Amid a state crackdown on undocumented migrants, at least 10 public universities are giving campus police immigration enforcement powers. More are considering doing so. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

El Salvador plans to double the capacity of its infamous prison to 80,000.

DHS Secretary Noem refers to the enslavement of those the US has sent there as "a long-term solution."

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Doug Ford has committed to criminalizing homeless people "[using] whatever legal tools" in today's Speech from the Throne.

All while tariffs threaten to end livelihoods. All while his government has overseen exponential growth in homelessness province-wide.

news.ontario.ca/en/speech/10...

As a woman, I do not want to be invoked to justify consecutive life sentences that let people die in prison without any chance of redemption. You want to make me safer? Tackle the root causes of misogyny and violence. Start within your own ranks, pundits, and supporters.

I’ve Worked at Google for Decades. I’m Sickened by What It’s Doing. For the first time, I feel driven to speak publicly because our company is now powering state violence across the globe.

"Google is now powering state violence across the globe, and the severity of the harm being done is rapidly escalating," writes Emma Jackson, a Google employee speaking out for the first time.

Unless we reckon with and organize to cease--right this moment--the pathologies in elite liberal institutions and discourse, the anti-fascist movement has no hope. It is my hope that this book can help in that effort, because it's the fight of our lives. bsky.app/profile/equa...